This changed in 0.5.2, as I reasoned this is how references are traditionally made in print (since you didn't have hyperlinks back then). I can see how this can be confusing however, since the output differs from the HTML output. I was wondering how the LaTeX builder handled these!

Please see these links on how to adjust the style sheet to output named links instead:

• How to restore target number references? #244
• Rinohtype link text is "Section 3.1" instead of the text specified in the link or link target

Closing as duplicate of #244

Thanks for this @brechtm

I am obviously making some basic error here. If I add:

[linked reference]
type = custom

to the (global) Sphinx.rts file, the inline references are resolved correctly for my use case. I created a custom file which sits in the Source directory with my content. It's correctly referenced in conf.py, but adding the linked reference part is ignored.

So my conf.py has this:

rinoh_documents = [dict(doc='index',        # top-level file (index.rst)
                        target='manual',
                        template='SEaB.rtt',
                        stylesheet='SEaB.rts',  
                        title='FLEXIBUSTER',
                        author='Operating and Maintenance Manual',
                        logo='img/logo.png')]

In my custom stylesheet I have added:

[STYLESHEET]
name = SEaB custom style
base = sphinx

[linked reference]
type = custom
;this seems to make no difference - only applies from base stylesheet

but it doesn't get applied. Obviously me who is missing something, but I don't know what!

rinoh_documents doesn't take a stylesheet. You need to set the style sheet in your template configuration file.